# 2022 US Senate Races **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 6, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327 "2020-10-06T10:26:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Mnemnosyne](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mnemnosyne/32/3347_2.png) [@Mnemnosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnemnosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/282 "2021-09-27T15:17:52Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > Give Mitch this much credit, he is as ruthlessly realistic and pragmatic a politician as they come. > > [McConnell warms to Herschel Walker as primary war with Trump fizzles - POLITICO](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/24/mcconnell-plots-return-to-majority-amid-trumps-influence-513970) I give him all the credit for that, I just wish there was someone as effective as he on the other side. He’s really, really good at what he does, as much as I absolutely hate the ends he puts his skills toward. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/283 "2021-09-27T15:28:46Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > It wasn’t meant to be a gotcha. It’s telling, though, that the poster(s) in this thread only brought up Grassley (R), and not the (D)s. Par for the course around here. It would be strange to mention a Senator who was reelected in 2018 and not up for another election until 2024 in a 2022 election thread, yes. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/284 "2021-09-27T16:05:05Z")
[Looking at these predictions,](https://www.270towin.com/2022-senate-election/) it seems to me that the Democrats will at least maintain the 50-50 tie they need to maintain control. The only seats where the incumbent party is not at least marginally favored to win are WI, OH, and PA, all Republicans. It would be nice to get all three and then kill the filibuster and tell Manchin and Sinema to go pound sand. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/285 "2021-09-27T17:07:52Z")
Indeed it would. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/286 "2021-09-27T17:15:21Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > It would be nice to get all three and then kill the filibuster and tell Manchin and Sinema to go pound sand. That’s assuming there are currently 47 Democrats against keeping the filibuster. I’m not sure that’s the case. Just because a senator is not publicly in favor of keeping the filibuster doesn’t mean they’d vote to get rid of it. Some are probably happy to keep Sinema and Manchin in the crosshairs of activists from the left and not need to stake out a position that would make them a target. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/287 "2021-09-27T17:18:07Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > [Looking at these predictions,](https://www.270towin.com/2022-senate-election/) it seems to me that the Democrats will at least maintain the 50-50 tie they need to maintain control. Really the only things to be gleaned from that map is that incumbents generally get reelected and purple states are purple. I wouldn’t read too much predictive value into it. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/288 "2021-09-28T14:34:22Z")
> [@Mnemnosyne](#): > > I give [McConnell] all the credit for that, I just wish there was someone as effective as he on the other side. Risking a derail, I gotta say I’m not convinced, at all, that McConnell would’ve been able to outperform Biden/Pelosi to get any better resluts for the dems. He would’ve had to deal with what the obstructed democrats are having to deal with now - woulda gotten nowhere, or certainly no further than where the dems are at, now, to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/289 "2021-09-28T16:13:42Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > any better resluts Band name! ---
**Author:** ![Mnemnosyne](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mnemnosyne/32/3347_2.png) [@Mnemnosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnemnosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/290 "2021-09-28T17:32:31Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Risking a derail, I gotta say I’m not convinced, at all, that McConnell would’ve been able to outperform Biden/Pelosi to get any better resluts for the dems. > He would’ve had to deal with what the obstructed democrats are having to deal with now - woulda gotten nowhere, or certainly no further than where the dems are at, now, to be sure. Eeh, depending on when. If democrats had had someone as competent and effective as he has been throughout his entire career, I bet we’d be in much better shape these days. Even just counting from when he became minority leader in 2007. If it’s just in the last couple years, then sure. Nobody could flip things around that easily. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/291 "2021-09-29T00:52:14Z")
> [@Mnemnosyne](#): > > Eeh, depending on when. If democrats had had someone as competent and effective as he has been throughout his entire career, I bet we’d be in much better shape these days. Even just counting from when he became minority leader in 2007. If it’s just in the last couple years, then sure. Nobody could flip things around that easily. It’s a lot easier to stop things than to accomplish things. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/292 "2021-10-06T13:25:01Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > It’s a lot easier to stop things than to accomplish things. It’s a lot easier to stop things than to accomplish things - because that bears repeating. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/293 "2021-10-14T13:13:36Z")
You can say that again! Meanwhile, in Georgia: > **[Senate hopeful Herschel Walker cancels event over swastika](https://www.aol.com/news/senate-hopeful-herschel-walker-cancels-225133946-000502536.html)** > > Georgia Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker has called off a fundraiser in Texas because an organizer was displaying a swastika made of syringes in her social media profile to protest mandatory COVID-19 vaccination. The Walker campaign... ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/294 "2021-10-25T13:31:58Z")
And in the Keystone State: > **[Trump pick's messy personal life worries Senate Republicans desperate to hold...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/24/politics/sean-parnell-pennsylvania-senate-race/index.html)** > > Sean Parnell may have the backing of former President Donald Trump, but the Pennsylvania Republican also has significant personal baggage that is raising concerns about the GOP's ability to hold one of the most competitive Senate seats in the country... ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/295 "2021-10-25T15:18:57Z")
It’s hard to overstate the importance of winning Pennsylvania ( and Wisconsin and North Carolina) because we don’t get a crack at replacing Sinema until '24. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/296 "2021-10-25T16:21:28Z")
I’m almost – not quite, but almost – to the point of believing that candidates don’t matter anymore beyond the “R” or “D” after their name. Partisan affiliation and motivation is so strong that the candidate’s character, experience and personal history are entirely irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/297 "2021-10-25T20:23:34Z")
Regarding the Republicans, we are certainly at that point already. If you are a Republican candidate and troll the libs to an acceptable degree, the party base will let you get away with ANYTHING. The Dems aren’t at that point yet; I do fear that things might drift that way, if the Republicans refuse to hold any of their candidates accountable. I mean, why fret over what your candidate may or may not have done if the other side isn’t going to do so. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/298 "2021-10-26T00:09:45Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > It’s hard to overstate the importance of winning Pennsylvania ( and Wisconsin and North Carolina) because we don’t get a crack at replacing Sinema until '24. You want Sinema replaced with a Republican? ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/299 "2021-10-26T00:39:36Z")
I’m guessing **Red\_Wiggler** means Sinema should be replaced with an actual Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/300 "2021-10-26T03:04:29Z")
We’re gonna primary Sinema with that deep Democratic bench in Arizona? I tire of her Maverick act as well, but a primary challenge is laughable. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327/301 "2021-10-26T14:14:04Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I tire of her Maverick act as well, but a primary challenge is laughable. Yes, the best way to control your “mavericks” is to have a majority that doesn’t rely on them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-senate-races/922327.md?page=16)